Roberto Assagioli identified the seven core concepts and the principles of psychosynthesis as necessary components of any educational training process or program leading to a personal or professional practice. These seven core concepts are listed here as all necessary in order to distinguish psychosynthesis as a distinct concept and as a distinct practice. They are:

The Personal Self. A core concept that is sometimes referred to as “I”. This is a central aspect of ourselves that is able to observe external and internal (personal) experience objectively.

Disidentification: This is a principle that operates as a practice in objective observation. It is a function of the Personal Self.

Will: This is the ability to make conscious choices once we have engaged in the practice of disidentification.